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Murder them with Cats!

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by Guest updated November 20, 2020

Smite God: Bastet

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Bastet Build

Starters

Notes Build beads instead of blink first if facing Ares, Fenrir, Anubis, or Awilix. Additionally you can build beads instead of blink if you think the enemy jungler and midlaner have too much pressure compared to you and your midlaner.

Notes

Build beads instead of blink first if facing Ares, Fenrir, Anubis, or Awilix. Additionally you can build beads instead of blink if you think the enemy jungler and midlaner have too much pressure compared to you and your midlaner.

Build Item Assassin's Blessing Assassin's Blessing
Build Item Mace Mace
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Hand of the Gods Hand of the Gods
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune

Full standard build (in order of finishing the items)

Notes If you're facing a healer or are really behind early game you can switch Crusher's for Brawler's Beatstick.
Additionally if you're really ahead you can feel free to build Heartseeker 4th item after Hydra's.

Notes

If you're facing a healer or are really behind early game you can switch Crusher's for Brawler's Beatstick.
Additionally if you're really ahead you can feel free to build Heartseeker 4th item after Hydra's.

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item The Crusher The Crusher
Build Item Hydra's Lament Hydra's Lament
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Heartseeker Heartseeker
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Purification Beads Purification Beads
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune

Boots replacement options

Notes At this point with just 5 items your standard combo should one-shot most squishies so I recommend items that increase your survivability. If you really want damage and didn't put it in your main build I like Brawler's Beatstick.

Notes

At this point with just 5 items your standard combo should one-shot most squishies so I recommend items that increase your survivability. If you really want damage and didn't put it in your main build I like Brawler's Beatstick.

Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Bloodforge Bloodforge
Build Item Void Shield Void Shield
Build Item Brawler's Beat Stick Brawler's Beat Stick
Build Item Relic Dagger Relic Dagger

Defensive Options

Notes You can build these items if you're getting killed before you get your damage out or if you're taking too much damage. I like Relic Dagger/Sledge/Winged Blade as a third item depending on if you're having trouble with slows, need lower cooldown on your beads or if you don't want to sacrifice too much damage. I usually build Mantle or Magi's close to last item, at least after I already have Heartseeker.

Notes

You can build these items if you're getting killed before you get your damage out or if you're taking too much damage. I like Relic Dagger/Sledge/Winged Blade as a third item depending on if you're having trouble with slows, need lower cooldown on your beads or if you don't want to sacrifice too much damage. I usually build Mantle or Magi's close to last item, at least after I already have Heartseeker.

Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Relic Dagger Relic Dagger
Build Item The Sledge The Sledge
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak

Bastet's Skill Order

Pounce

1 X Y
Pounce
2 8 11 12 14

Razor Whip

2 A B
Razor Whip
1 4 6 7 9

Ensnaring Claw

3 B A
Ensnaring Claw
3 15 16 18 19 20

Huntress of Bast

4 Y X
Huntress of Bast
5 10 13 17
Pounce
2 8 11 12 14

Pounce

1 X
Bastet pounces to her target location, damaging enemies within the radius. For 4 seconds after pouncing, you can press the button again to pounce back to your initial location. Bastet moves 25% faster while in the Return Pounce state. Bastet may cancel this ability early to put it on cooldown.

Ability Type: Circle, Leap, Damage
Damage: 95 / 150 / 205 / 260 / 315 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Range/Radius: 55/20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Razor Whip
1 4 6 7 9

Razor Whip

2 A
Bastet swipes at her enemies, causing them to Bleed for damage every 0.66 seconds for the duration.

Ability Type: Cone, Damage
Damage (per Tick): 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+27.5% of your Physical Power)
Duration: 2s
Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Cooldown: 10s
Ensnaring Claw
3 15 16 18 19 20

Ensnaring Claw

3 B
Bastet sends a cat forward at her enemies. If a cat finds an enemy it ensnares them, damaging them and briefly rooting them for 0.5s. The cat persists for 4s or until defeated, continuing to attack nearby enemies. The cat's attacks will apply a 2s slow to the enemy.

Ability Type: Line, Root, Damage
Root Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+65% of your Physical Power)
Cat Damage: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (+30% of your Basic Attack Power)
Cat Hit Points: 3
Lane Minion Damage: 1 HP lost per 5 hits
Slow: 25%
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 12s
Huntress of Bast
5 10 13 17

Huntress of Bast

4 Y
Bastet becomes CC Immune and conjures a radiant projectile that travels forward in a line damaging and stunning the first enemy god hit. A Huntress of Bast appears near the hit target and a destination is marked at Bastet. The Huntress then picks up and carries the enemy hit to the marked location.

On successful capture, a pool of quicksand is formed under the enemy creating a Vortex which drags targets toward the center and deals damage.

Ability Type: Line, Crowd Control, Damage
Initial Hit: 160 / 220 / 280 / 340 / 400 (+90% of your Physical Power)
Quicksand Damage: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (+15% of your Physical Power) every 0.5s for 3s
Range: 100
Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
Cooldown: 110 / 105 / 100 / 95 / 90s

Bastet Threats

Tap each threat level to view Bastet’s threats

Max
3
Major
2
Even
0
Minor
0
Tiny
0

Preface

Hello everyone! This is my first guide here.
SMITEFire has a very notorious reputation amongst most of the playerbase yet barely anyone actually decides to try and help the site so I wanted to step-up and do so.
For some background I've been playing SMITE since 2014, and am an avid player still having most of my playtime in Conquest.

I decided to start my first guide with one of my best characters in Bastet. I have her diamond and have played her a lot before and after the rework so I thought she's one of the characters I can give a proper guide on.

Without further ado, here you have it!

Introduction

Bastet is a very hit and miss assassin who snowballs hard with leads but can have a lot of trouble playing if she's behind. She has a hit and run playstyle where most of the time you want to go in dump all your damage as quickly as possible and then get out. She can be very fun to play if done properly as she can one-shot most squishies in a single combo and is one of the best assassins at chasing and finishing off low health enemies with her 2's DoT being able to kill enemies even if they use their escape.

Pros / Cons

Bastet as already mentioned has a ton of burst potential and is relatively one of the safer assassins to play. Her jump has a pretty decent distance and also grants her a movement speed bonus afterwards for a bit which lets you get away from most damage, with the added factor of being able to play mindgames on your opponent by going one way then jumping back with the second part of your 1. Lategame most squishies will instadie to a simple 4 + 2 + 3 combo.

Her having a long range root also gives her the ability to chase enemies pretty effectively, and specially can destroy gods who do not have escapes or have very meh escapes. A pretty effective thing you can do is run at your opponent and hit them with your 2, then wait for them to use their escape to try to get away from you and use your jump on them to chase and kill them either with a 3 or finishing them off with basics.

Bastet however does have some drawbacks, such as having an extremely slow early game with bad early clear that can hamper her potential to gank until she hits level 5. She hits a very good power spike in the midgame when she gets both boots and Crusher/Brawler's Beatstick, but before that she can struggle a lot. She tends to be very easy to invade early game specially by high-clear junglers such as Bakasura, and Bastet from behind is really bad as she heavily relies on items to do most of her damage.

In lategame teamfights it is harder to dive the backline without being bursted down by the enemy team and or CC-locked by their support/solo laner peeling for the carries. Most opponents also will have most of their relics up to counter Bastet's burst which can be the difference between life or death if using an item like Bloodforge.

Tidbits on items

In terms of item I think I noted most of my thoughts on the builder, but I'll probably get some questions I'll respond to here.

First of all, the elephant in the room: Where is Arondight?

Arondight is a fantastic item that I'd usually recommend on all ability assassins however, due to the way Bastet's ultimate is coded it activates AFTER your ultimate runs out rather than when you activate it. The way Bastet works is she goes in dumps her entire kit out hopes it one shots a squishy and then get out or die. Having to wait out the timer of your ultimate to then be able to activate Arondight kinda goes against that and thus I would not recommend it on Bastet; I will say again though that it is a great item you should consider on most other assassins.

Another point I'll bring up which can also be applied to most characters is to buy and use as many wards as possible. You usually wanna get at least a sentry every back along with whatever potions you need. In terms of where to put them it varies from game to game but putting a sentry in the gold fury pit or fire giant pit if your support hasn't already done so is a good idea, otherwise warding in the enemy jungle entrance to mid lane can also be good.

Skills and how to use them

Bastet will always want to level her 2 first as the amount of damage it gains per level-up is a ton being 80 base damage increase per level. After that most of the time you want to level up your 1 as it deals a very large portion of her damage in a quick burst and can scale to deal even more when used alongside her ultimate.
Then finally you level up your 3 which doesn't gain much damage per rank-up and is mostly there for the root, although it can be nice poke damage in the lategame. After maxing your 2 you always try to put points in your ultimate whenever possible as the extra burst damage it gives you is crucial for being able to one-shot most opponents.

However, if you are Ares, Awilix or Bakasura or if you're getting bursted down really hard whenever you jump in, it can be smarter to max out your 3 second instead of your 1 however this is only in this specific situation I'd recommend it.

In terms of how to use these abilies, it's pretty straightfoward. Your bread and butter combo is jump in with your 1, hit them with your 2 and 3 then jump out again. In case your opponent has an escape you can also go ahead and hit them your 2, wait for them to use their escape then jump on them afterwards with your 1 and then hit them with your 3 and leap back out or finish them off with basics if necessary. When important teamfights begin or if you are ganking an enemy that is full health you might want to pop your ultimate beforehand to ensure they're finished off with the extra damage.

If chasing someone when you don't have your 1 up you'd want to throw your 3 root them and then hit your 2 and hit them with basics or get out if the situation calls for it. Always remember Bastet is a very squishy goddess and you don't want to risk taking too much damage so never stay too long.

Small part on basic attack cancelling

A big part of Bastet bursts also comes from basic attack cancelling. It sounds a bit more intricate than it truly is but it boils down to weaving in basic attacks between abilities to maximize your damage output. With Bastet you want to weave in basics when you are close up to your enemies after using your 1/3. Everytime you use an ability if you position yourself close to your enemies weave a quick basic in after using it and before using another. This works extremely well with Hydra's Lament. However if you are not close enough don't actively try to get close to throw in a basic as it can leave you open to your enemy.

Teamfighting

While teamfighting as Bastet your first priority will always be dump your kit on the squishies and kill them so your team can handle the frontliners better. You want to position yourself in a spot where you can leap in and dump your kit while also not being too close to their support/solo laner who can peel for the squishy you are targeting. You also do NOT want to chase kills too hard as it can lead to your death, sometimes just getting them to use their beads/aegis is good enough as it means you'll be able to kill them next fight; then you can turn back and help your team focus down the frontliners as now they have no backup to help them.

ALWAYS try to keep track of your opponent's relics and their cooldowns, and possible ward placement as all of these are crucial to be able to effectively fight and can be the difference between possibly winning or losing an important teamfight that might give you a big gold lead or even win you the game.

Finishing Thoughts

Bastet can be a very deadly assassin if played in the right hands but she can be deceptively hard to make function if you are not familiar with her abilities. I hope after reading this guide it can help you be able to play her effectively.

Thank you for reading! I plan to do more of these if this guide is liked well enough; I'll probably make it on Thanatos or Serqet if that's the case.

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Hades4u (54) | November 24, 2020 6:50am
I like your guide, really well written! I'd be happy to help you make it look better and easier to read for your viewers. If you would like to continue working on this guide and improving it with our help for the future, make sure to create an account and let me know so I may assign this guide under your name! This way everyone will know you're the author and you'll be able to edit and update it at any time. :)

Hope to hear from you and see more guides soon! :D
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